1926PIRATES
THIRD BASE
PIE TRAYNOR1926
Pie Traynorthird base · 1926 pirates
Ht 6'0"Wt 170Bats RThrows RBorn 1898 · Framingham, MA
1926, Pie Traynor at the hot corner for Pittsburgh, and the man is a one-man infield industry. A .317 average, 182 hits, 25 doubles, 17 triples, 92 runs driven in across 152 games. He fields the position like he owns the deed. The bat is level, the arm is true, and the triples keep rattling into the gaps — the three frames ahead keep the triple weather rolling.
.317 AVG
In 1926 he hit .317 — another hot-corner summer.
17 TRIPLES
In 1926 he banged 17 triples — gaps kept answering.
THEY CALLED HIM PIE
They called him Pie — Framingham nickname that stuck in Pittsburgh.
Major League Batting — Year vs Life
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 152 | 574 | 83 | 182 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 92 | 0.317 | 0.361 | 0.436 |
| Life | 1,941 | 7,559 | 1,183 | 2,416 | 371 | 164 | 58 | 1,273 | 0.320 | 0.362 | 0.435 |
SkillScore
105.251926 · PIT
ComponentsAVG 0.317OBP 0.361SLG 0.436
Pie Traynor, Pittsburgh NL. Bain Collection / Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).